I am broadly interested in understanding the relationships between wildlife and the spaces that they need to survive. Human activity pervades our planet: some land uses consume and destroy habitats, while others cause smaller disturbances, but we can see that any human activity can incur rapid ecological changes, often in ways that we fail to anticipate and at paces that strain ecosystems and stress their inhabitants. In this accelerating anthropocene era, conservationists must protect, preserve and restore habitats and ecosystems in the hope that we can slow the paces of change and allow populations and ecosystems to adapt instead of collapsing. 

Scientists, practitioners, and policy makers have a variety of tools to help in this work, and I am especially interested in how spatial information can inform ecosystem functions and conservation requirements. What factors influence species occurrence? How does an environment provide for a species' behavioral and ecological needs? Can we predict how populations will expand, contract, or shift as a habitat changes? To me, these questions address fascinating aspects of a species' evolution, life history, physiology, behavior and ecology. Critically, their answers can inform conservation efforts, telling us how to prioritize the protection of spaces that support threatened species and their ecological functions.